GNU bug report logs - #4157
[macOS/HFS] dired doesn't decode ls output when it uses different encoding for filename vs date

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>

Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:25:05 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in versions 27.0.50, 23.1.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #170 received at 4157 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> freenet.de>, 4157 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4157: 23.1.50; faulty character characterisation for รค
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:12:29 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> > Perhaps you're just not supposed to use anything but UTF-8 on macOS?
>
> Exactly.
>
> I'd argue this applies to GNU/Linux as well nowadays, but macsox has
> been utf-8 only since the very beginning, AFAIK, and it (for example)
> enforces that file names are in utf-8, so using anything else than utf-8
> in macosx is asking for trouble.

FWIW, I would've nothing against closing this as wontfix, and write
this up as a case of "don't do that then".

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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